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LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 22 LEHIGH AT OKLAHOMA/No. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE Nov. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-8) AT OKLAHOMA SOONERS (5-5) 11 Sun. at Journeymen Collegiate Classic no team score 18 Sun. at No. 5 Michigan L, 21-13 McCASLAND FIELD HOUSE • NORMAN, OKLA.• FEB. 2, 2019 • 6:30 PM (CT) 30 Fri. PRINCETON* L, 21-19 Dec. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-8) AT OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (10-0) 2 Sun. at No. 1 Penn State L, 42-0 GALLAGHER-IBA ARENA • STILLWATER, OKLA.• FEB. 3, 2019 • 1:30 PM (CT) 8 Sat. at No. 4 Iowa L, 28-14 29 Sat. vs. No. 9 Minnesota L, 25-9 SETTING THE SCENE 29 Sat. vs. No. 6 Missouri L, 21-12 Lehigh takes to the road for the fi nal time during the dual meet season for a pair of 30 Sun. vs. No. 12 North Carolina L, 22-18 duals in the state of Oklahoma. The Mountain Hawks will open their trip Saturday night 30 Sun. vs. Virginia W, 28-12 against Oklahoma in Norman and then will head north to Stillwater on Sunday to battle Jan. 11 Fri. BUCKNELL* W, 34-12 No. 2 Oklahoma State. Lehigh moved up two spots to No. 22 in the latest NWCA Top 25 12 Sat. No. 7 CORNELL* W, 19-16 after a 1-1 showing against ranked foes at home last weekend. The Mountain Hawks won 19 Sat. at American* W, 25-12 the fi nal three bouts, scoring bonus points in all three to knock off then-No. 23 Arizona 20 Sun. at Navy* W, 28-6 State 23-13 for their sixth straight dual win. Lehigh then saw that streak snapped a day 26 Sat. No. 23 ARIZONA STATE W, 23-13 later with a 23-9 setback against No. 12 Virginia Tech. Freshman Josh Humphreys and 27 Sun. No. 12 VIRGINIA TECH L, 23-9 Feb. sophomore Jordan Wood were the only two Mountain Hawks to go 2-0 in last week’s 2 Sat. at Oklahoma 7:30 action. Sophomore Chris Weiler delivered the go-ahead fall in Lehigh’s win over Arizona 3 Sun. at No. 2 Oklahoma State 2:30 State. Lehigh heads to Norman seeking a fourth straight win over Oklahoma and then 16 Sat. ARMY WEST POINT* 1:00 will visit Stillwater for the fi rst time since 2005. 24 Sun. PENN* 2:00 Mar. 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at EIWA Championships FAST FACTS (Binghamton, N.Y.) • In the last eight seasons, Lehigh has produced two NCAA champions, seven NCAA 21-23 Thu-Sat.at NCAA Championships fi nalists, 22 All-Americans and 18 EIWA champions. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) • Lehigh will need to win its fi nal four duals to reach the 10 dual win mark for the 20th * - EIWA Opponent consecutive season. ! - South Beach Duals (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) • Lehigh lost 12 of its fi rst 13 duals against Oklahoma but the Mountain Hawks are now 5-1-1 against the Sooners over the last seven meetings. • Oklahoma State will be the 10th ranked opponent Lehigh will face in 16 duals this sea- MEDIA INFORMATION son. Following Sunday’s match, Lehigh will have faced six of the current top seven in the NWCA top 25 and will have faced 11 teams currently ranked in the latest coaches poll. Contact Steve Lomangino Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS RECORD Cell . (917) 579-0976 125 Luke Resnick (Fr., Chester Springs, Pa.) 2-12 E-mail: . [email protected] 133 Brandon Paetzell (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.) 8-9 Web: . .www.lehighsports.com 141 Ryan Pomrinca (Jr., Annandale, N.J.) 9-10 Twitter: . @LehighSports Dan Moran (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.) 7-5 . @LehighWrestling 149 Cortlandt Schuyler (Sr., Lancaster, Pa.) 9-5 Facebook: . /LehighAthletics 157 No. 16 Josh Humphreys (Fr., Parkersburg, W. Va.) 11-5 . /LehighWrestling 165 Gordon Wolf (Sr., Lawrenceville, N.J.) 9-3 Instagram. @Lehigh_Sports Kent Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 4-6 . @LehighWrestling 174 No. 6 Jordan Kutler (Jr., Sparta, N.J.) 13-4 Chase Gallik (Jr., Hawley, Pa.) 5-4 Broadcast Coverage: 184 No. 8 Ryan Preisch (Sr., New Columbia, Pa.) 12-2 Oklahoma Andrew Price (Jr., Rochester, Mich.) 8-6 Video: Fox Sports Oklahoma 197 Chris Weiler (So., Biglerville, Pa.) 15-10 Audio: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM 285 No. 7 Jordan Wood (So., Gilbertsville, Pa.) 15-2 and LVFoxSports.com. Rankings: InterMat (1/29/19) Oklahoma State Video: FloWrestling.org Audio: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and LVFoxSports.com. 35-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 28 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street,Experience Bethlehem, PA Lehigh • Phone 610-758-3174Football 2003 • LehighSports.com • @LehighSports • @LehighWrestling No. 22 LEHIGH AT OKLAHOMA/No. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE • PAGE 2 IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET OKLAHOMA FEBRUARY 16, 2018 - BETHLEHEM, PA. LEHIGH 31, OKLAHOMA 4 NWCA Top 25 (1/29/19) No. 9 Lehigh kicked off the fi nal weekend of the dual season with a 31-4 win over Oklahoma inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The Mountain Hawks won nine 1. Penn State of 10 bouts on the night, surviving several close calls in the fi rst half of the dual before 2. Oklahoma State responding with fi ve quality wins in the second half. Junior Ryan Preisch posted his 3. Iowa fi rst pin of the season at 184, while freshman heavyweight Jordan Wood closed the dual 4. Michigan with a major decision win. Lehigh never trailed, as All-Americans Darian Cruz and 5. Missouri Scott Parker won close decisions. Oklahoma’s lone win was a major decision at 141, but 6. Ohio State Lehigh claimed the fi nal seven bouts. 7. Minnesota 125 Darian Cruz (L) dec. Christian Moody (O) 7-5 8. North Carolina State 133 Scott Parker (L) dec. Jacob Rubio (O) 3-0 9. Nebraska 141 Mike Longo (O) major dec. Luke Karam (L) 8-0 10. Cornell 149 Cortlandt Schuyler (L) dec. Davion Jeffries (O) 8-7 11. Wyoming 157 Ian Brown (L) dec. Justin Thomas (O) 7-2 12. Virginia Tech 165 Gordon Wolf (L) dec. Dawaylon Barnes (O) 5-1 13. Pittsburgh 174 Jordan Kutler (L) dec. Yoanse Mejias (O) 6-0 14. Iowa State 184 Ryan Preisch (L) Fall Matt Waddell (O) 2:54 15. Wisconsin 197 Chris Weiler (L) dec. Andrew Dixon (O) 5-4 16. Northern Iowa 285 Jordan Wood (L) major dec. Connor Webb (O) 14-4 17. North Carolina LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 18. Rutgers The 2018 EIWA and NWCA National Coach of the Year, Pat Santoro is in his 11th season 19. Purdue as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of Wrestling at Lehigh. In 10-plus seasons San- 20. Princeton toro, now a four-time EIWA Coach of the Year, has led the Mountain Hawks to a 141-52-1 21. Illinois dual meet record. He has coached 16 individuals to a total of 21 EIWA titles, 12 Mountain Hawks to a total of 23 All-American medals, and two national champions, Zach Rey in 22. Lehigh 2011 and Darian Cruz in 2017. A former Lehigh assistant, Santoro returned to Bethlehem 23. Virginia in 2008 after a fi ve-year stint resurrecting the program at Maryland, where he guided the 24. Lock Haven Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. A 1992 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, San- 25. Stanford toro won a pair of NCAA titles and is the Panthers’ only four-time All-American. (For Santoro’s complete bio, see page 11) INTERMAT LAST TIME LEHIGH MET OKLAHOMA STATE TOURNAMENT STRENGTH JANUARY 9, 2010 - HAMPTON, VA. Top 15 (1/29/19) OKLAHOMA STATE 30, LEHIGH 6 1. Penn State No. 11 Lehigh’s run through the Virginia Duals came to an end as the third-seeded 2. Ohio State Mountain Hawks fell to top-seed and No. 4-ranked Oklahoma State 30-6 in the fi nals 3. Iowa at Hampton Coliseum. Freshman Joey Napoli picked up his fi rst career dual win and 4. Oklahoma State senior David Craig added a win as well, but the Cowboys won eight matches and picked 5. Michigan up two wins by fall to win the Virginia Duals title. Lehigh fell in the Virginia duals fi nals 6. Nebraska for the second straight year. The Cowboys also avenged a loss to the Mountain Hawks 7. Minnesota at the Northeast Duals the season prior, Lehigh’s fi rst-ever win over Oklahoma State in 8. North Carolina State wrestling. Lehigh rallied past Oklahoma earlier in the day to reach the fi nals. 9. Missouri 125 Chris Notte (OSU) dec. John McDonald (L) 5-1 10. Princeton 133 Jordan Oliver (OSU) Fall Mitch Berger (L) 0:35 11. Northwestern 141 Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Seth Ciasulli (L) 5-2 12. Arizona State 149 Joey Napoli (L) dec. Quentin Fuentes (OSU) 7-5 13. Cornell 157 Neil Erisman (OSU) dec. Sean Bilodeau (L) 9-5 14. Rutgers 165 Alex Meade (OSU) dec. Mike Galante (L) 9-4 15. Virginia Tech 174 Mike Benefi el (OSU) dec. Robert Hamlin (L) 7-4 20. Lehigh 184 David Craig (L) dec. Chris McNeil (OSU) 5-2 197 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) dec. Joe Kennedy (L) 10-3 285 Jared Rosholt (OSU) Fall Zach Rey (L) 2:05 Lehigh Sports Communications • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • LehighSports.com • @LehighSports • @LehighWrestling No. 22 LEHIGH AT OKLAHOMA/No. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE • PAGE 3 SERIES HISTORIES LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Lehigh and Oklahoma will meet for the 21st time. The Mountain November: ...........................................0-2 Hawks are 5-1-1 in the last seven duals against the Sooners after December: ............................................1-5 dropping 12 of the fi rst 13.